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| | Bureau of Justice Statistics Correctional Populations 1995 |
 | | Presents data on the growing number of persons in the United States under some form of correctional supervision for 1995: 3.1 million on probation, 507,000 in jail, 1,079,000 in prison, and 700,200 on parole. |
 | | The data for State and Federal prison inmates are reported for 1995: sex, race, Hispanic origin, admission type, release type, sentence length, escapes, probation and parole violations, facility crowding, deaths in prison, and inmates entering prison under sentence of death. |
 | | Information on jail inmates is included in the report, as well as data on persons held in U.S. military confinement facilities. |
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